Asian Nations Seeks to Enhance ASW

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Leithen Francis, Asians Look To Counter Chinese Submarines‎. Aviation Week, May 20, 2011.
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=defense&id=news/asd/2011/05/20/03.xml&headline=Asians%20Look%20To%20Counter%20Chinese%20Submarines

My comment
(a) Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_SH-60_Seahawk
(a member of the Sikorsky S-70 family; Introduced 1984; Status In production, in service)
(b) AgustaWestland AW159
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW159
(First Flight 2009; Developed from Westland Super Lynx; Length: 15.24 m (50 ft);

* AgustaWestland is an Anglo-Italian helicopter design and manufacturing company, from merger of Augusta of Italy and Westland Helicopters of UK.
(c) AgustaWestland AW101
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW101
(rebranded from EH101 in June 2007; Introduced 2000; Length: 22.81 m (74 ft 10 in))
(d) Lockheed P-3 Orion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_P-3_Orion
(Introduced 1962)

Compare
Boeing P-8 Poseidon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_P-8_Poseidon
(Introduced 2013 (projected))
(e) Oddly, this report only talks about hardware rather than software, which seems more important to me. As for comparison of helicopter (a to c) and fixed-wing aircraft (d) as the platform in anti-submarine warfare (ASW), I do not know.


----------------------------Separately
(1) 军事游戏以美国为假想敌. VOA Chinese, May 20, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110520-Chinese-Army-Video-Game-122359839.html
("这款军事游戏名为“光荣使命”，由南京军区和无锡巨人网络科技公司用2年时间研发完成")

(2) 报导称外交电文显示美特种兵深入巴军. VOA Chinese, May 21, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110521-pakistan-122385979.html
(英文报纸黎明报 of Pakistan)

Note: Jane Perlez, Newspaper in Pakistan Publishes WikiLeaks Cables; Shedding light on country's relationship with the US. New York Times, May 21, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/21/world/asia/21wikileaks.html?scp=1&sq=perlez%20wikileaks&st=cse
("A front-page article in [the newspaper] Dawn on Friday said the cables confirmed that the drone strikes within Pakistan had more than just the tacit acceptance of the military leadership")

(3)
(a) William Lowther, US Defense Report Belies PLA’s Denial of Missile Threat. Taipei Times, May 22, 2011 (available now)
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2011/05/22/2003503843
("US military experts later said that they were “amazed” by Chen’s statement and that there was overwhelming proof of Chinese missile deployment across the Strait")

(b) William Lowther, US ‘Carifies’ Statements on ‘One China.’ Taipei Times, May 21, 2011
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2011/05/21/2003503757

Quote:

"At a Washington press conference on Wednesday, Chen said: 'uring my office call on Secretary Clinton this morning, she told me — she reiterated the US policy; that is, there is only one China in the world and Taiwan is part of China.'

"The conference was held jointly with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen [, who] said: 'As General Chen said, Secretary Clinton repeated and I would only re-emphasize the United States policy supports a ‘one China’ policy. And I certainly share the view of the peaceful reunification of China.'


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